Colorado has recently introduced legislation that will make it the first State in the US to ban both sow stalls and veal crates. 

Under CO S.B. 201, veal crates will be phased-out within four years and sow stalls within ten years.  The laws were passed after successful negotiations between the Humane Society of the United States and agricultural groups. The law reforms in Colorado are an encouraging sign for future progress in US animal laws.  The Californian government is due to vote on the prohibition of veal crates, sow stalls and battery cages in November. Florida, Arizona and Oregon have already prohibited sow stalls, while Arizona has prohibited veal crates. For further details and information, please follow this link to the CIWF website.

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Sow stalls are still lawful in Australia though they are already banned in England, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Finland and are being phased out in the US states of Arizona, Florida and Oregon. Follow this link to find out more about how to speak out about the keeping of pigs in sow stalls and other pig protection issues.

Veal crates are not technically prohibited in Australia, though a Code of Practice endeavours to ensure that veal calves are reared in small groups in open pens, rather than in individual wooden crates. Despite this, the keeping of calves in individual pens is not unlawful and the veal industry appears to confine many calves in this fashion, while simultaneously feeding them low-iron diets to create ‘pink veal’. For more information about Dairy Welfare Issues, follow this link to RSPCA Victoria's Dairy Animal Welfare Seminar.